by Christy Hardin Smith [courtesy of Firedoglake]

The YouTube at left is the original CNN attempt at "debunking" the idiotic Obama e-mail smears -- my favorite part is Howie Kurtz saying that the way the media works these days is to run with unsourced internet smear rumors, and then backtrack to determine their veracity after the information is already "out there." Journamalism at its finest, eh?McClatchy shows how this ought to be done, getting to the heart